George marqua



UNITED STATES PAT/ENT OFFICE.

GEORGE MARQUA, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO MAGDALENA MARQUA, OF SAME PLACE.

BU RlAL-CASKE'II SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 452,228, dated May 12, 1891.

Application filed July 5, 1890. Serial No. 357,842. (No model.)

To ctZZ w/wm t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE MARQUA, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and usefulImprovementsinBnrial-Cases,ot which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a reversible lid for burial-cases, so that one side can b e used for shipping purposes and the other for cushioning the top of the case.

Another object of my invention is to provide suitable means for lowering the lid onto the case itself, all-oi:l which will be fully set forth in the description of the accompanying drawings, making a part ot' this specification, in which- Figure l is a central longitudinal vertical section of my improvement in position for shipping. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the lid in reversed position. Fig 3 is a top plan view of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a section on line x, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a central vertical section, partly in elevation, of Fig. 2.

l represents an ordinary burialcase, in which the coffin or casketis placed. The usual manner of employing burial-cases is to lower the case into the ground and then the coffin into it and place the lid on the case, inclosing the coffin therein.

2 represents a reversible lid. It is provided with longitudinal strengthening-strips 3 and a series of recesses 4, formed by rabbeting away the wood, as shown in section, Fig. 4.

5 represents aseries of molding-stripsformed around the edges of thelid on one side. 'Vhen the case is to be shipped, the lid is used with the strip side up, as shown in. Figs. 1 and 3, but is used with the reverse side up for burial purposes.

In order to deaden the sound or prevent the noise of clods of earth falling upon the coffin, I cushion the upper side of the lid before it is lowered on the case. The recesses 4 allow space for straps, so as to lower the lid, and they may be readily detached without disturbing the cushioned lid. 'The cheapest and best mode of cushioning the lid is to fill the top of it with earth, which is held in place by thesstrips 5. case and the grave iilled, thereby deadening and destroying the sound of the falling earth upon the case. Other modes of cushioning may be employed upon the lid,but this is the cheapest and best.

Then the lid is lowered upon the 5o 5S The strips 3 maybe omitted if the lid is very thick; but as it has to sustain so much weight of earth, and to prevent the lid from breaking in, the heavy strengthening ribs or strips are employed.

Having described my invention,whatl claim isl. In combination with the burial-case l, the reversible lid 2, having the recesses 4 upon the under side and the cup-shaped lid upon GEORGE MARQUA.

W itnesses.:

T. SIMMONS, C. W. MILES. 

